Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Slums/Water



THE STATE OF SLUMS IN INDIA
·      Urbanizing very fast > slum population increasing fast
·      Most do not have access to clean water
·      Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh > les than 35% get tap water
·      44% of non-notified slums have no drainage system, 15% notified do not have
·      past few years have seen an improvement in sanitation and water access
·      slum population in India has doubled in past two decades
·      1972 > government program called Environmental Improvement of Urban Slums, drinking water and sanitation was given
·      1996 > gov again initiated National Slum Development Programme that focused on providing drinking water and toilets
·      after nine years, discontinued
·      estimated that approx 46 slum dwellers benefitted


HOT WATER FOR CHILE’S SLUMS, COURTESY OF THE SUN
·      pilot program to install solar water heaters in houses of low-income families
·      took shantytown and made a community
·      lack of water and electricity, cold winters


KENYA: THE FIGHT FOR WATER – A VALUABLE SLUM COMMONDITY
·      water shortage, water distribution controlled by gov
·      want water to be made public again so it is free
·      largest and poorest slum in Africa
·      half a million people living there
·      most shelters have no piped water, so have to buy water from various sources and public taps
·      water is rare and expensive
·      residents are stealing water by tapping into pipes


Danielle Rosen Nov 9, 2010 10:15

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